Shirt form



B. LERMAN July 28, 1931.

SHIRT FORM Filed Aug. 8, 1930 Inventor krlnan/ je/ywn z n q By Allomey Patented July 28 1931 PATENT OFFICE BENJAMIN LERMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS SHIRT FORM ,4 Application filed August 8, 1930. Serial No. 474,039.

This invention relates generally to shirt forms employed by laundries to support laundered shirts usually of the type having an attached soft collar, to maintain said shirt in flat and unwrinkled position and to maintain the collar thereof against wrinkling and distortion after having been laundered.

The invention particularly relates to a card board form of this type, though the invention contemplates the use of any and all similar and equally effective material for the construction of the form.

It is the object of this invention to produce a card board or similar form of this type which is superior in action, being highly sat" isfactory for the purposes for which it is designed and which can be cheaply and readily manufactured, and which may be shipped in compact condition, and which is capable of being applied to the shirt in a highly eflicient and rapid manner by unskilled persons.

These and other objects which will be apparent herein, the nature of the invention, the composition and arrangement and combination of its parts, to produce the novel result attained by the invention will be understood by any person familiar with the art to which this invention relates upon a reading of the drawings and description, "in

which 1 Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a shirt positioned upon the form.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 3 is a, artial longitudinal sectional view through igure 2.

Referring particularly to the drawings the shirt form is generally designated by the numeral 5 and it has a body portion 6 of rectangular form having its upper corners notched as at 9 to provide shoulders 9a and a reduced portion 7 connecting the body 6 with an arcuate portion 8 having tabs 10 at its upper curved side at the far edges thereof. The tabs 10 may be omitted and the part 8 constructed as shown by the dotted lines 10a. The part 8 is adapted to be folded upon the portion 7 at the line So and the portion 7 is adapted. to be folded upon the portion 6 at the line 7a, each of said folds being approximately of right angle, the angle of the fold between the portions 7 and 6 form an acute angle shown in Figure 3.

The tabs 10 are adapted to engage in the notches 9 as shown in Figure 3.

It will be evident that the form is placed 5.; within a shirt whenin flat position and the shirt buttoned upon the form as shown in Figure 1 the portions 7 and 8 bent as described and the portion 8 curved to form a support for the wall of the band of the collar and the tabs 10 placed abutting the notch 9.

It is obvious that the collar will be thereby supported in the desired position against wrinkling and displacement and that the body of the shirt will be correspondingly prevented from wrinkling and undesired fold- It is also obvious that I have provided a device to accomplish the objects of the invention which is very cheap to manufacture, is very satisfactory in operation, may be installed in a shirt expeditiously and efiicient- 1y by unskilled hands, and that the form be ing of one piece construction is simple, easy to manufacture and to ship, and has other obvious advantages.

It is not desired to limit the application of this invention to the preferred embodiment illustrated herein, but any changes may be made consistent with the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim In a one piece laundry form of the class described, a rectangular body portion, an arcuate collar supporting portion and a portion connecting said body portion and said collar supporting portion, said body portion and collar portion being adapted to be folded in the same direction at the junctures of said collar portion and said body portlon with the connecting portion,tabs on the collar engaging portion adapted to engage with the body portion when the device is in folded position.\

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

BENJAMIN LERMAN. 

